43 U.S.C. § 485a : US Code - Section 485A: Definitions

Search 43 U.S.C. § 485a : US Code - Section 485A: Definitions

As used in this subchapter -
(a) The term "Federal reclamation laws" shall mean the Act of
June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof
supplementary thereto.
(b) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the
Interior.
(c) The term "project" shall mean any reclamation or irrigation
project, including incidental features thereof, authorized by the
Federal reclamation laws, or constructed by the United States
pursuant to said laws, or in connection with which there is a
repayment contract executed by the United States, pursuant to said
laws, or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the
Secretary through the Bureau of Reclamation for the reclamation of
arid lands or other purposes.
(d) The term "construction charges" shall mean the amounts of
principal obligations payable to the United States under water-
right applications, repayment contracts, orders of the Secretary,
or other forms of obligation entered into pursuant to the Federal
reclamation laws, excepting amounts payable for water rental or
power charges, operation and maintenance and other yearly service
charges, and excepting also any other operation and maintenance,
interest, or other charges which are not covered into the principal
sums of the construction accounts of the Bureau of Reclamation.
(e) The term "repayment contract" shall mean any contract
providing for payment of construction charges to the United States.
(f) The term "project contract unit" shall mean a project or any
substantial area of a project which is covered or is proposed to be
covered by a repayment contract. On any project where two or more
repayment contracts in part cover the same area and in part
different areas, the area covered by each such repayment contract
shall be a separate project contract unit. On any project where
there are either two or more repayment contracts on a single
project contract unit or two or more project contract units, the
repayment contracts or project contract units may be merged by
agreements in form satisfactory to the Secretary.
(g) The term "organization" shall mean any conservancy district,
irrigation district, water users' association, or other
organization, which is organized under State law and which has
capacity to enter into contracts with the United States pursuant to
the Federal reclamation laws.
(h) The term "division of a project" shall mean any part of a
project designated as a division by order of the Secretary or any
phase or feature of project operations given a separate designation
as a division by order of the Secretary for the purposes of orderly
and efficient administration.
(i) The term "development unit" shall mean a part of a project
which, for purposes of orderly engineering or reclamation
development, is designated as a development unit by order of the
Secretary.
(j) The term "irrigation block" shall mean an area of arid or
semiarid lands in a project in which, in the judgment of the
Secretary, the irrigable lands should be reclaimed and put under
irrigation at substantially the same time, and which is designated
as an irrigation block by order of the Secretary.